Marinated Tilapia Fillets
Marinated tilapia fillets with palm hearts mango salad: this particularly aromatic dish contains almost no fat but is rich in niacin, vitamin C and potassium.
Ingredients
- 40 g Ginger (1 piece)
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 1 red chili pepper
- 1 tbsp Garam Masala
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 300 g Yogurt (0.3% fat)
- 680 g tilapia fillet (4 fillets)
- 250 g small cucumber (1 small cucumber)
- 1 ripe Mango
- 2 Spring Onions
- 220 g palm hearts (drained weight, canned)
- 1 Lime
- 5 stalks cilantro
- Salt
- Pepper
- 75 g mango chutney (3 tbsp)
- a splash sparkling mineral water
- 1 tbsp oil
- 220 g palm hearts (drained weight, canned)
Instructions
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1.
Peel and roughly chop ginger and garlic. Halve the chili lengthwise, deseed, wash, and chop.
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2.
Place ginger, garlic, and chili in a mortar and grind with spices into a smooth paste.
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3.
Stir spice paste into a bowl with yogurt—reserve 3 tbsp for chutney. Wash fillets, pat dry, coat with yogurt mixture, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to marinate.
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4.
Peel cucumber, halve lengthwise, deseed. Peel mango and slice thinly off the stone.
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5.
Trim and wash spring onions. Dice palm hearts, cucumber, mango, and spring onions into fine cubes or slices.
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6.
Squeeze lime juice. Wash cilantro, shake dry, pluck leaves, roughly chop. Mix cilantro with remaining salad ingredients, season with 2 tbsp lime juice, salt, and pepper.
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7.
Whisk mango chutney with reserved yogurt and 3–4 tbsp sparkling water until smooth.
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8.
Lift fish from the marination, scrape off any residual sauce with a knife edge.
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9.
Heat a grill pan and brush with oil. Grill fillets for about 4 minutes per side. Arrange palm hearts salad, fillets, and mango yogurt on plates and serve immediately.